2016 Monterey Grand Prix

60 Michael Shank Racing Ligier's advantage after the final pit stop cycle to secure the victory.

31 Action Express Racing Corvette Daytona Prototype of Eric Curran and Dane Cameron came in third.

After the pit stop cycle, Tom Kimber-Smith took the lead and maintained the PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports' car advantage to secure victory in the Prototype Challenge (PC) category.

Alex Popow and Renger van der Zande finished second, while Jon Bennett and Colin Braun was third.

Christina Nielsen and Alessandro Balzan were second in class for Scuderia Corsa, and TRG's Brandon Davis and James Davison took third.

[2] The 2016 Continental Tire Monterey Grand Prix was the fourth of twelve scheduled sports car races of 2016 by IMSA, and it was the second round not held as part of the North American Endurance Cup.

[2] The events were held at the eleven-turn 2.238 mi (3.602 km) Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey County, California on May 1, 2016.

[5] With 101 points, PC was led by Misha Goikhberg and Stephen Simpson with an eight-point advantage over Alex Popow and Renger van der Zande.

[5] In GTLM, the Drivers' Championship was led by Oliver Gavin and Tommy Milner with 105 points; the trio held an eighteen-point gap over Earl Bamber and Frédéric Makowiecki.

[5] Andy Lally, John Potter, and Marco Seefried led the GTD Drivers' Championship with 67 points; the trio held a five-point advantage over Alessandro Balzan, Christina Nielsen, and Jeff Segal.

Since the majority of the remaining rounds of the 2016 IMSA SportsCar Championship were sprint races, GTD teams entered their regular driver pairings for the first time this season.

[7] Mazda Motorsports had two Lola B12/80 cars and Michael Shank Racing (MSR) entered one Ligier JS P2.

Cars in GTD were sent out first before those grouped in GTLM, PC, and Prototype had three separate identically timed sessions.

Regulations stipulated teams to nominate one qualifying driver, with the fastest laps determining each classes starting order.

IMSA would arranged the grid to put all Prototypes ahead of the PC, GTLM, and GTD cars.

55 Mazda set a new category track record, and took his first career pole position with a lap of 1 minutes, 18.143 seconds.

[20] The two BMW Team RLL entries and Porsche North America cars rounded out the GTLM qualifiers.

63 Scuderia Corsa Ferrari second, Patrick Lindsey for Park Place was third and Cédric Sbirrazzuoli's No.

[30][31] Nunez maintained his pole position advantage while Fittipaldi and Ricky Taylor overtook Cameron for third and fourth.

[32] Nunez and Long pulled away from the third-placed Fittipaldi by over 10 seconds before the first full course caution came out and the safety car appeared.

[33] A second full course yellow was called for on the twenty-fourth lap when Ricky Taylor passed Fittipaldi at turn nine.

[32] Westbrook conserved enough fuel over the final 52 laps to win for Ford Chip Ganassi Racing by 12.545 seconds over Alessandro Pier Guidi's No.

44 Magnus Racing Audi R8 LMS of John Potter and Andy Lally caught fire during the warm-up and was in the pit lane to serve a drive-through penalty after their car did not make it to the grid in time.

[37] Sbirrazzuoli's Dream Racing Lamborghini suffered suspension damage making contact with Kvamme's No.

Colin Braun moved the CORE Autosport car to fourth overall by passing Kyle Marcelli on the approach to turn five on lap 78.

96 BMW was caught by Davison's TGR Aston Martin on the final lap, who took third position in GTD at turn 9.

With a total of 121 points, Cameron and Curran's second-place finish allowed them to take the lead of the Prototype Drivers' Championship.

[5] Goikhberg and Simpson continued to lead the Prototype Challenge Drivers' Championship with 128 points while Alon and Kimber-Smith advanced from third to second.

[5] The final results of GTLM meant Milner and Gavin continued to lead the Drivers' Championship, but their advantage was reduced by 6 points as Bamber and Makowiecki took over the second position.

[5] With a total of 95 points, Balzan and Nielsen's second-place finish allowed them to take the lead of the GTD Drivers' Championship.